27th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130170582 | Interpolation of Filter Coefficients - The frequency response of a digital filter, such as a pre-emphasis filter in a signal transmitter having a phase-locked loop, is adjusted using interpolation of the filter coefficients, enabling sets of filter coefficients to be pre-computed or generated as needed in the transmitter. The phase error behavior of the digital filter can be significantly improved. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170583 | TRANSMITTING SYSTEM, RECEIVING SYSTEM, TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND RECEIVING METHOD - Provided are a transmitting system including a pulse amplitude modulator section that pulse amplitude modulates an input signal into a set of first and second pulse amplitude modulated signals, a first frequency signal output section that outputs a first frequency signal, a first amplitude shift keying modulator section that amplitude shift keying modulates, using the first frequency signal, the first pulse amplitude modulated signal into an amplitude shift keying modulated signal, an adder section that adds together the amplitude shift keying modulated signal and the second pulse amplitude modulated signal to generate a transmission signal, and a transmitter section that transmits the transmission signal, a transmitting method, a receiving system for receiving the signal transmitted from the transmitting system and a receiving method. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170584 | NON-CONTIGUOUS SPECTRAL-BAND MODULATOR AND METHOD FOR NON-CONTIGUOUS SPECTRAL-BAND MODULATION - Embodiments of a non-contiguous spectral-band modulator and method for non-contiguous spectral-band modulation are generally described herein. In some embodiments, an input symbol tuple may be mapped to a sequence of phase values. Each value of the sequence of phase values may represent an instantaneous frequency of a waveform for a signal with a power spectral density that is substantially constrained to the two or more subbands of a non-contiguous spectrum. The values of the sequence of phase values may be accumulated and a phase-sample sequence representing phase samples of a transmit waveform may be generated. An exponentiation may be performed on the phase-sample sequence to generate a constant modulus signal sequence. An output signal sequence is generated that is constrained to a region in the complex plane, such as an annulus, when the signal is in a subband. The output signal sequence may be shaped to constrain spectral energy during transitions between subbands. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170585 | Biquad Infinite Impulse Response System Transformation - A BIIR system includes a first delay line for receiving at least one input data sample and generating delayed input samples as a function of the input data sample. The BIIR system further includes a second delay line including multiple delay elements connected in series for generating delayed output samples. An input of one of the delay elements receives at least one output data sample of the BIIR system. A summation element in the BIIR system generates the output data sample of the BIIR system as a function of an addition of at least first and second signals and a subtraction of at least a third signal. The third signal includes a first delayed output sample generated by the second delay line multiplied by a first prescribed value. The first delayed output sample and the output data sample are temporally nonadjacent to one another. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170586 | Radar Detection Method And System Using Low-Resolution FFTS - A method of identifying radar in a wireless device includes detecting an event corresponding to receipt of a signal by the wireless device. The event can include an analog to digital converter (ADC) saturation, a radio frequency (RF) saturation, and/or an ADC power high condition. Notably, the gain change in the wireless device is delayed for a first predetermined time period. Data preceding the event for the first predetermined time period can be buffered. A first low-resolution fast Fourier transform (FFT), wherein low-resolution FFTs are referred to as short FFTs, can be performed with the buffered data. The first short FFT can be processed. When results of the processing indicate the signal is radar, the radar can then be identified. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170587 | Systems and Methods for N-Dimensional Leaf-Node Prediction for MIMO Detection - Systems comprising a leaf node predictor for receiving a processed communications stream, determining at least one channel metric corresponding to the communications stream for a given channel realization, and generating at least three instructions to output, which at least one instruction corresponds to at least one predicted best leaf node candidate for the given channel realization. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170588 | ULTRA LOW POWER SUPER-REGENERATIVE RECEIVER AND METHOD THEREOF - An ultra low power super-regenerative receiver is provided. The ultra low power super-regenerative receiver includes a bit synchronizer configured to use a value sampled from a signal output from a super-regenerative oscillator to estimate a pulse-level position having a maximum amplitude value in a single period of a received symbol, a frame synchronizer configured to combine a plurality of pulse-level positions determined based on the estimated pulse-level position, and detect a predetermined bit sequence using the plurality of pulse-level positions combined, the frame synchronizer being configured to perform frame synchronization, and a data detector configured to detect data using the plurality of pulse-level positions determined after the frame synchronization is completed. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170589 | Filter Offset Compensation - Problems arising from a pre-emphasis filter, particularly an infinite-impulse-response filter, in a signal modulator are solved by detecting sequences of the same bit or symbol in a modulation signal and compensating the corresponding d.c. offset in the signal generated by the pre-emphasis filter without real-time feedback. The amount of offset compensation can be defined during design of the modulator or adjusted or calibrated during production. It is not necessary to change the transfer function of the pre-emphasis filter, but only to correct the d.c. offset of the filter output signal. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170590 | Receiver Node and A Method Therein for Compensating Frequency Offset - According to embodiments herein an ambiguity problem when compensating for frequency offset may be solved by compensating a received reference symbol according to two different frequency offset hypotheses; the estimated frequency offset and the a mirrored version of the same. Then by comparing the compensated reference symbol of the different frequency hypotheses with a target reference symbol, which is known at the receiver node | 2013-07-04 |
20130170591 | CLOCK PHASE ADJUSTMENT FOR A LOW-LATENCY FIFO - In a clock-adjustment circuit, a phase-detection circuit receives a first clock associated with a first clock domain and a second clock associated with a second clock domain, and determines a phase relationship between the first clock and the second clock. Then, the phase-adjustment circuit in the clock-adjustment circuit adjusts a phase of the first clock relative to the second clock if the determined phase relationship is associated with a metastable range of a first-in first-out (FIFO) buffer that transfers data from the first clock domain to the second clock domain, thereby reducing latency associated with the FIFO buffer. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170592 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ION GENERATION - Illustrative embodiments of the present invention are directed to devices and methods for ion generation. One such device includes a substrate. The substrate is disposed within a housing that is configured to contain a gas. The substrate includes an interior surface that at least partially defines an interior volume. The substrate also includes a number of channels with walls. Nano-tips are disposed on the walls of the channels. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170593 | METHOD OF PRODUCING RADIONUCLIDES - The invention relates to a method of producing radionuclides. According to the method, a target medium comprising at least a target nuclide material is irradiated in an irradiation zone with neutron irradiation. Radionuclides form in the target nuclide material as a result of the irradiation, and at least some of the formed radionuclides are ejected from the target nuclide material. The ejected radionuclides are then captured and collected in a carbon-based recoil capture material which does not have an empty cage structure at crystallographic level. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170594 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PUMP SEALING DURING LEAKAGE EVENTS - A pump leakage mitigation device includes one or more clamp arms on an outer surface of a pump that can be driven by a biasing element to seat against a shaft of the pump to seal or reduce fluid flow through a breakdown of the pump. The biasing element engages only at threshold temperatures, such as those associated with breakdown orifice failure when additional sealing may be necessary. Clamp arms of any number and shape can be used to achieve the desired seal and based on the pump geometry. A sealant surface and/or keeping mechanism are useable with the leakage mitigation device to enhance fluid flow blockage throughout a pump failure transient scenario. Pump leakage mitigation devices are installed on an outside of a variety of different pump types and can thus be installed, actuated, manipulated, disengaged, and/or removed without having to destroy or disassemble the pump. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170595 | REACTOR SHUTDOWN TRIP ALGORITHM - A controller for producing a nuclear reactor shutdown system trip signal in response to at least one detector signal. The controller includes a signal conditioning module receiving the at least one detector signal and outputting a measured flux signal. A rate module generates a rate signal from the measured flux signal. A comparator circuit compares the rate signal to a trip setpoint and generates a first trip signal. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170596 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MONITORING NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE CONDITIONS - A temperature sensor array includes several temperature sensors at different positions for installation within an instrumentation tube of a nuclear reactor. The temperature sensors measure temperature at multiple axial positions of the nuclear reactor, and plant operators are able to access and interpret this measurement data. Temperatures associated with vessel coolant boiling or loss and/or fuel damage can be detected by the temperature sensors to permit more direct determinations of core fluid levels. Multiple temperature sensor arrays permit vessel fluid levels and conditions to be measured at multiple core locations. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170597 | PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE/REPAIR DEVICE AND PREVENTIVE MAINENANCE/REPAIR METHOD FOR CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURE - A preventive maintenance/repair device | 2013-07-04 |
20130170598 | NUCLEAR REACTOR CONTAINMENT VESSEL - According to an embodiment, a nuclear reactor containment vessel is provided with a device for holding a molten material of the reactor core and with spacers. The device is installed on the pedestal floor. A holding container which is open upward and a water supply container which is provided below the holding container are provided inside the outer peripheral surface. A water supply flow path extends to the water supply container from the gap between the inner surface of the pedestal side wall and the outer peripheral surface of the device for holding a molten material of the reactor core. The spacers are engaged with the upper end of an outer riser extend between the outside of the outer riser and the inner surface of the pedestal side wall, and prevent the eccentricity of the device. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170599 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR INJECTING WATER CONTAINING A NEURTON-ABSORBING ELEMENT TO COOL A NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE IN A CRISIS SITUATION - An assembly is provided including a mobile structure including a main pipe equipped with a first end intended to be connected to a water supply and a second end intended to be connected to a circuit connected to the primary circuit of the reactor, and including between these two ends in the direction of circulation of the water, a pump, a water heating device, an injector for continuously injecting the powdered neutron-absorbing element into the water of the main pipe, a first mixer for mixing and dissolving powder with water and a controller driving and controlling the flow rate of the water and the flow rate of the powder injected. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170600 | POST-ACCIDENT FISSION PRODUCT REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REMOVING POST-ACCIDENT FISSION PRODUCT - A post-accident fission product removal system may include an air mover, a filter assembly, and/or an ionization chamber. The air mover may be configured to move contaminated air through the filter assembly to produce filtered air. The ionization chamber may be connected to the filter assembly. The ionization chamber may include an anode and a cathode. The ionization chamber may be configured to receive the filtered air from the filter assembly and to ionize and capture radioisotopes from the filtered air to produce clean air. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170601 | PARTICULATE REMOVAL SYSTEM - A particulate removal apparatus and method are used to capture and remove particulates from nuclear reactor core coolant during normal operation. Bottom nozzle, particulate removal apparatus and top nozzle structures form an assembly sized to be installed in place of a nuclear fuel assembly. The particulate removal achieved reduces the inventory of corrosion product deposits, foreign objects and other particulates in the reactor coolant system. This in turn reduces activation or deposition of particulates on fuel cladding, with a corresponding improvement in fuel reliability and reduction in ex-core radiation fields. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170602 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A HIGH-TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION SOLUTION INJECTOR - A method and apparatus for a deposition solution injector for a nuclear reactor that may inject an ambient temperature deposition solution into a high temperature, high pressure feed-water flow line. The method and the apparatus ensures that the deposition solution is delivered in a location within the feed-water that is beyond a boundary layer of flowing water, to prevent smearing of the solution and prevent clogging of the deposition solution within the injector. The axial cross-sectional profile of the injector, and the location of an injection slot on the injector, may reduce vortex eddy flow of the feed-water into the injector to further reduce injector blockage. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170603 | NUCLEAR FUEL ROD FOR FAST REACTOR - A nuclear fuel rod for a fast reactor includes tubular fuel materials comprising a hollow portion formed therein, a tubular inner pipe inserted into the hollow portion of the tubular fuel materials to prevent collapse of the tubular fuel materials due to combustion of nuclear fuel, a tubular cladding pipe which surrounds the tubular fuel materials, and a liquid metal, or He gas or vacuum applied in a gap between the tubular fuel materials and the tubular cladding pipe. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170604 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETECTING A QUANTITY OF PLUG CYCLES OF A PLUG CONNECTION COMPONENT - In order to monitor the number of plug cycles of a plug, such as a plug of a charging cable for an electric car, a plug cycle counter associated with the plug is counted up in an electronic memory after every plug cycle. A warning can thus be issued when a permitted quantity of plug cycles for the plug has been exceeded. Alternatively, the electrical connection at a charging station for an electric car or at a data cable for an automation system can also be cut off if the service life of the plug has been exceeded. High availability of the plug is thereby achieved, because the corresponding cable can be replaced in a timely manner. A hazard to persons due to defective current-carrying parts is also prevented. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170605 | RAM Based Implementation for Scalable, Reliable High Speed Event Counters - There is broadly contemplated herein an arrangement whereby each event source feeds a small dedicated “pre-counter” while an actual count is kept in a 64-bit wide RAM. Such an implementation preferably may involve a state machine that simply sweeps through the pre-counters, in a predetermined fixed order. Preferably, the state machine will access each pre-counter, add the value from the pre-counter to a corresponding RAM location, and then clear the pre-counter. Accordingly, the pre-counters merely have to be wide enough such that even at a maximal event rate, the pre-counter will not be able to wrap (i.e., reach capacity or overflow) before the “sweeper” state machine accesses the pre-counter. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170606 | SHIFT REGISTER - A shift register includes unit circuits connected in multiple stages, each of the unit circuits includes: a final buffer unit having an output transistor; and a signal A generating unit which supplies a first signal to a gate of the output transistor, the signal A generating unit includes: a capacitor; a transistor which switches conduction and non-conduction between the gate the output transistor and one of electrodes of the capacitor by a voltage from a clock signal line; a transistor which switches conduction and non-conduction between the other of the electrodes of the capacitor and the clock signal line by a voltage from an input line; and a transistor having a gate connected to a fixed power supply line, and which switches conduction and non-conduction between the one electrode of the first capacitor and the input line. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170607 | LEVEL SHIFTER, INVERTER CIRCUIT, AND SHIFT REGISTER - A level shifter includes: an input terminal to which an input voltage is applied; a capacitor; a first transistor provided between the input terminal and one of electrodes of the capacitor, and having a gate electrode connected to the other of the electrodes of the capacitor; a second transistor provided between the input terminal and the other electrode of the capacitor; a signal generating unit which generates a signal for switching the second transistor between conduction and non-conduction and supply the signal to the gate electrode of the second transistor, in a period when the input voltage is provided to the input terminal; and an output terminal for outputting a voltage at the other electrode of the capacitor which is level-shifted by a change in the second transistor to a non-conducting state in the period as an output voltage. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170608 | VOLTAGE RIPPLE REDUCTION - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are described for reducing a voltage ripple in an electric signal. In this way, in radiographic imaging modalities, for example, undesired fluctuations in an output of a radiation source (e.g., undesirable fluctuations in an energy level of emitted photons) may be reduced. To reduce the voltage ripple, a (ripple reducing) electric signal is generated that comprises properties substantially similar to the voltage ripple, but opposite in phase. The (ripple reducing) electric signal is then combined with the original electric signal to generate a combined electric signal with a voltage ripple that is reduced relative to the voltage ripple of the electric signal as initially generated. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170609 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING NOISE- RELATED IMAGING ARTIFACTS - A method for reconstructing an image of an object includes acquiring a set of measured projection data, reconstructing the measured projection data using a first algorithm to generate a first reconstructed image dataset, reconstructing the measured projection data using a second algorithm to generate a second reconstructed image dataset, the second algorithm being utilized to improve the temporal resolution of the second reconstructed image dataset, and generating a final image dataset using both the first and second image datasets. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170610 | X-RAY CT IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention has an object of providing an X-ray CT imaging device which can direct X-ray to an area of interest appropriately even when, for example, the height of the area of interest with respect to the X-ray detector, which is revolving, varies with respect to the revolution direction, and thus can reduce the amount of unnecessary exposure to the X-ray and can perform X-ray imaging of the area of interest with certainty. In an X-ray CT imaging device for performing X-ray CT imaging of a CT imaging area of a subject, during the X-ray CT imaging when a revolving arm is revolving, the expansion in a length direction of an X-ray cone beam, which is to be restricted by length direction blocking plates, is adapted to the shape of the CT imaging area in accordance with the revolution position of the revolving arm. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170611 | HIGH SPEED, SMALL FOOTPRINT X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY INSPECTION SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS - The present subject matter relates to inspection systems, devices and methods for x-ray inspection of objects. A conveyor can move an object to be inspected through an inspection zone along a direction of travel, one or more multibeam x-ray source arrays can provide multiple collimated x-ray beams through the inspection zone along a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel, and one or more x-ray detector arrays can detect x-ray beams passing through the inspection zone from the x-ray source array. X-ray signals detected by the x-ray detector array can be recorded to form multiple x-ray projection images of the object, and the multiple x-ray projection images can be processed into three-dimensional tomographic images of the object. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170612 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING PANORAMIC, TELERADIOGRAPHIC AND OPTIONALLY VOLUMETRIC CBCT RADIOGRAPHIES - Apparatus and method for acquiring panoramic, teleradiographic and optionally CBCT volumetric dental radiographies, comprising a support holding a rotary arm which in its turn supports at one end a first X-ray source and at the other end an X-ray detector at a suitable distance for acquiring panoramic and optionally CBCT volumetric images. Apparatus comprises only one patient positioning system and a second X-ray source at a distance from detector suitable for acquiring cranial teleradiographies. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170613 | X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer and X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzer - An X-ray fluorescence spectrometer irradiates a measurement sample | 2013-07-04 |
20130170614 | BONE MINERAL DENSITY ANALYSIS METHOD, BONE MINERAL DENSITY ANALYSIS APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - From radiation images obtained by driving radiation tube with a plurality of tube voltages, including a normal tube voltage, a density gradient with respect to at least two sections of a reference substance having different radiation transmission characteristics is obtained for each of the plurality of tube voltages prior to obtaining a bone mineral density. If a radiation image captured for obtaining a bone mineral density is determined to have been captured under a tube voltage other than the normal tube voltage, an image signal representing the image and/or a bone mineral density analysis result is corrected so as to correspond to that which should have been obtained if the image had been captured under the normal tube voltage based on the relationship between the density gradient in the image and the density gradient in the radiation image captured under the normal tube voltage. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170615 | RADIATION DETECTOR FOR USE IN SEQUENTIAL IMAGE ACQUISITION - A radiation detector is provided that provides fast sequential image acquisition. In one embodiment, the radiation detector a diode capacitor that is charged in response to a radiation exposure event. The charge stored in the diode capacitor is transferred to a separate storage capacitor, allowing a new charge to be generated and stored at the diode capacitor. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170616 | RADIOGRAPHIC DETECTOR INCLUDING BLOCK ADDRESS PIXEL ARCHITECTURE, IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHODS USING THE SAME - Embodiments of radiographic imaging systems; digital radiography detectors and methods for using the same can include radiographic imaging pixel unit cells that can include a plurality of N pixel elements that each include a photoelectric thin-film conversion element connected in-series to a conversion thin-film switching element, a conductor connected to the plurality of N pixel elements and an output switching element connected between the conductor and an imaging array output. Scan lines or row lines can extend in a first direction coupled to more than one pixel unit cell and data lines or column lines can extend in a second direction coupled to more than one pixel unit cell. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170617 | IMAGING CONTROL APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING CONTROL METHOD - A radiographic imaging apparatus includes: a radiation detection array configured to store charges to acquire an image signal; an output unit configured to output radiation image data based on the image signal to an external apparatus; a detection unit configured to detect an imaging mode changeover instruction; and a control unit configured to, when the detection unit detects an imaging mode changeover instruction during one unit of imaging processing including the charge storage and the charge-based radiation image data output to an external apparatus, control whether the imaging processing is to be interrupted, based on an operating state of the radiographic imaging apparatus. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170618 | DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING WITH IMPROVED SAMPLING - The present invention relates to differential phase-contrast imaging of an object. For increasing spatial resolution of an X-ray imaging system ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130170619 | MOBILE TYPE RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A mobile type radiographic apparatus is provided, which can inhibit damage to a detecting device as much as possible. This invention provides a storage holder for storing an FPD, and catches for fixing the FPD to the storage holder so that the FPD stored cannot be taken out of the storage holder. Further, this invention provides a carriage movement controller which, when a carriage is about to be moved while the FPD is not in a locked state, notifies the operator to that effect. Consequently, the operator will become aware of having forgotten to lock the FPD when moving the carriage. This construction assures that the FPD is in a fixed state, whereby the FPD is never damaged during traveling of the carriage. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170620 | RADIOGRAPHIC DETECTOR WITH RAPID POWER-UP, IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHODS USING THE SAME - Embodiments of methods/apparatus can transition a DR detector imaging array to low power photosensor mode where a first voltage is applied across the photosensors. Embodiments of methods/apparatus can provide an area radiographic imaging array including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix at the imaging array where each pixel can include at least one electrically chargeable photosensor and at least one transistor, row address circuits, signal sensing circuits, and photosensor power control circuitry to maintain a first voltage across photosensors of the portion of the imaging array when the detector is between imaging operations. In one embodiment, photosensor power control circuitry can maintain the first voltage across the photosensors when a power consumption of the signal sensing circuits is less than 1% of the power consumption of the signal sensing circuits during readout of a signal from the portion of the imaging array. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170621 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT PROVIDED WITH PROTECTION FUNCTION - The present invention includes: a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding and a tertiary winding; a primary-side rectifying and smoothing circuit, which converts alternating-current power to direct-current power and smoothes the power; a secondary-side rectifying and smoothing circuit, which smoothes secondary-side power; a tertiary-side rectifying and smoothing circuit, which smoothes power of the tertiary winding; a switching circuit, which opens and closes the primary winding; a pulse width control circuit, which controls the pulse width of drive signals that control the opening and closing of the switching circuit; and a secondary-side electrolytic capacitor deterioration detecting circuit, which detects deterioration of the secondary-side electrolytic capacitor. The secondary-side electrolytic capacitor deterioration detecting circuit detects deterioration of the secondary-side electrolytic capacitor by inputting the output voltage of the tertiary-side rectifying and smoothing circuit, and stops operation of a switching power supply circuit. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170622 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING DATA ACQUISTION - A method for regulating the acquisition of an analog input signal from a digital X-ray panel is provided. The method includes opening a switch disposed between an integrator and the digital X-ray panel prior to an integrator event or upon detection of a fault in the digital X-ray panel to decouple the integrator from the digital X-ray panel, wherein the integrator is configured to integrate the analog input signal from the digital X-ray panel. Also, a system for data acquisition is provided. Further, a method for fault protection of the digital X-ray panel is provided. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170623 | SMALL X-RAY TUBE WITH ELECTRON BEAM CONTROL OPTICS - An x-ray tube comprising an anode and a cathode disposed at opposing ends of an electrically insulative cylinder. The x-ray tube includes an operating range of 15 kilovolts to 40 kilovolts between the cathode and the anode. The x-ray tube has an overall diameter, defined as a largest diameter of the x-ray tube anode, cathode, and insulative cylinder, of less than 0.6 inches. A direct line of sight exists between all points on an electron emitter at the cathode to a target at the anode. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170624 | FOCAL TRACK OF A ROTATING ANODE HAVING A MICROSTRUCTURE - A rotating anode includes a focal track that has a microstructure on a surface of the focal track. The microstructure is produced using deep reactive ion etching. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170625 | System for X-Ray Irradiation of Target Volume - An X-ray system is arranged for providing X-ray exposure to a target volume. The aforesaid X-ray system comprises an X-ray source and at least one focusing lens. The provided exposure is distributed over a volume of the target in a substantially uniform manner. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170626 | X-RAY TUBE ARC RIDE THROUGH - A method includes identifying projection data generated during an x-ray tube arc event, determining x-ray tube voltages for data points of the identified projection data, correcting the identified data points based on the determined x-ray tube voltages for the data points, and reconstructing projection data that includes projection data generated during non x-ray tube arc events and the corrected projection data, and a system includes a projection data processor ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130170627 | CALIBRATION AND CORRECTION PROCEDURES FOR DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY DETECTORS SUPPORTING MULTIPLE CAPTURE MODES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SAME - Embodiments of radiographic imaging systems and/or methods can operate a digital radiography detector in a multiple modes, where characteristics such as an exposure integration time and dark images (e.g., number timing integration time, etc.) for first and second modes are different. The digital radiography detector can be coupled to a memory that can store a first set of one or more calibration maps for the first mode and a second set of one or more calibration maps for the second mode and a processor. In one embodiment, the processor can form a first calibration-corrected exposure image by modifying a first exposure image from the first mode using the first set of calibration maps and a second calibration-corrected exposure image by modifying a second exposure image from the second mode using the second set of calibration maps in combination with calibration maps for the first mode. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170628 | DIAGNOSTICS PRIMITIVES ON L2/ERB NORMALIZED ERROR SAMPLES - Derivations of new PHY layer diagnostics primitives are based on the normalized error samples collected through G.993.5. The processing uses the ERB and L2 Ethernet packet encapsulation of these ERB data in order to abstract the processing from the PHY layer device dependency, as well as to allow a local and remote processing of the primitives for diagnostics purposes. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170629 | NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC TRANSMISSION LINE TESTING - A probing signal transmitted on a twisted pair telephone line in a DSL system is reflected and received at a DSL device. An estimate of one of a DSL data transmission signal or DSL synch symbol transmission signal is removed from the received probing signal to recover the reflected probing signal. The recovered reflected probing signal is processed to determine characteristics information of the twisted pair telephone line. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170630 | INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - Establishing a telephone call includes enabling display of a visual indicator of a call destination entity and detecting selection by a user of the visual indicator. The availability of the user to receive a first telephone call is determined. Voice communications between the call destination entity and the user are established in response to detection of the selection by the user of the visual indicator and conditioned on the user being determined to be available to receive the first telephone call. Establishing voice communications includes enabling placement of the first telephone call to the user to establish a first PSTN link with the user and enabling a voice communications link to be setup with the call destination entity. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170631 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETECTING REDUNDANCIES IN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY CUSTOMERS IN A CUSTOMER SERVICE SYSTEM - The present invention provides a system, method, and computer program product for automatically detecting any unnecessary repetition by customers of specific types of information in a multi-channel (e.g., self-service application, IVR system, live agent center) customer service session. For each channel used in the customer service session, the information provided by the customer in the channel is recorded in a log, transcription, or other record. The record(s) for the customer service session are subsequently parsed for specific types of information provided by the customer. From the parsed records, specific types of information provided by the customer in two or more channels during the customer service session are identified. In one embodiment, the results are analyzed to determine if providing such information in two or more channels is redundant, and, if so, this is counted as a redundancy. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170632 | SPLITTERLESS MULTICARRIER MODEM - A modem for use in Digital Subscriber Line communications transmits and receives data over the local subscriber loop in common with voice information over the loop, while avoiding the need for voice/data splitters. The modem responds to disruptions associated with “disturbance events” such as on-hook to off-hook transitions and the like by rapidly switching between pre-stored channel parameter control sets defining communications over the loop under varying conditions. In addition to changing parameter control sets responsive to a disturbance event, the modem may also change transmission power levels and other system parameters such as frequency domain equalizer characteristics. Further, provisions are made for reduced bandwidth communications under selected conditions. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170633 | TELEPHONE NUMBER RESOURCE MANAGER USER INTERFACE AND FEATURE CONTROL - A method may include storing a database including a plurality of subscriber identifiers, wherein each subscriber identifier is associated with a telephone number and a subscriber name and address. Each subscriber identifier may be unique to the corresponding subscriber name and address. The method may include storing a database including a plurality of customer identifiers. Each customer identifier may be associated with one of the subscriber identifier and a customer name and address. The method may further include receiving an update to the subscriber name or address associated with one of the telephone numbers and associating a new subscriber identifier with the updated subscriber name or address. The method may further include associating the new subscriber identifier with one of the customer identifiers. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170634 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDIALING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device has a function of redialing a telephone number. If a call of the telephone number hangs up, the electronic device detects if the telephone number satisfies a redial condition. If the telephone number is under the redial condition, the telephone number is redialed automatically. If a number of times of the redialing is more than the redial times, the electronic device stops the redialing. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170635 | On-Demand Call Blocking Service - In a telecommunication system configured to provide a connection between a caller and a callee via a telephone network, wherein the telephone network is configured to connect the caller and the callee, a method for allowing the callee to prevent the caller from establishing the connection with the callee. The method includes receiving an instruction from the callee to prevent the caller from establishing the connection with the callee and identifying a first telephone number associated with the caller. The method also includes preventing one or more phone calls from the first telephone number from being forwarded to a second telephone number associated with the callee. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170636 | PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE, VOICE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING VOICE QUALITY ADJUSTING PROGRAM - Provided is a private branch exchange capable of independently adjusting call voice level and call quality according to a connection type of a communication line or a telephone. The private branch exchange includes an audio quality characteristic configuration DB ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130170637 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZATION BADGES FOR ENHANCED CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE - A system for providing customized customer service interaction between a user and an enterprise is disclosed. The system includes a badge and a badge reader. The badge is installed at a user device, and the badge reader is installed at the enterprise. The badge is configured to generate an access key for a customer's social network account based on a customer's work request to the enterprise. The badge reader is configured to retrieve user data as permitted by the associated access key from the badge, and route a work request of the user to a suitable agent of the enterprise based on the user data. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170638 | SYSTEM FOR CHECKING ACCEPTANCE OF STRING BY AUTOMATON - A server having an automaton whose state transitions in accordance with received characters, determines whether the automaton has transitioned to a final state on the basis of the characters. The server receives a coding sequence from the client in the characters included in the string. The coding sequence elements corresponding to the characters are values encrypting a non-unity using a first encryption scheme having homomorphism, and whose elements not corresponding to the characters are values encrypting a unity using the first encrypting scheme. The server generates, in response to receiving the coding sequence, exchange data encrypting a subsequent state key corresponding to each of a plurality of previous states of the automaton on the basis of the coding sequence using the first encryption scheme; encrypts exchange data with the corresponding previous state key and sends the encrypted exchange data to the client. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170639 | Transmission of Data Including Conversion of Ternary Data to Binary Data - Binary data relating to a movable barrier operator is converted to ternary data. The ternary data is converted into corresponding binary information in a way not mirroring the first conversion method. In one approach, this second conversion converts each ternary trit into a corresponding binary pair. Initial binary bits correspond to, for example, fixed and/or non-fixed information. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170640 | Fully Homomorphic Encryption - In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method and computer program include: receiving first and second ciphertexts having first and second data encrypted per an encryption scheme, the encryption scheme has public/secret keys and encryption, decryption, operation and refresh functions, the encryption function encrypts data, the decryption decrypts ciphertext, the operation receives ciphertexts and performs operation(s) on them, the refresh operates to prevent growth of the magnitude of noise for a ciphertext while reducing the modulus of the ciphertext without using the secret key, utilizing a modulus switching technique that involves transforming a first ciphertext c modulo q into a second ciphertext c′ modulo p while preserving correctness, the technique includes scaling by p/q and rounding, p2013-07-04 |
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20130170641 | Generator of Chaotic Sequences and Corresponding Generating System - A generator of chaotic sequences of integer values is provided. The generator includes at least two discrete recursive filters at least of first-order, generating an output chaotic sequence of integer values, each recursive filter comprising means for implementing a nonlinear function connected via an exclusive-or gate to means for generating a perturbation sequence of integer values. The two filters are mounted in parallel. The chaotic sequence output from the generator is equal to an exclusive-or of the chaotic sequences output from the recursive filters, and in the means for implementing the nonlinear function includes a chaotic map. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170642 | ELLIPTIC CURVE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION - An elliptic curve random number generator avoids escrow keys by choosing a point Q on the elliptic curve as verifiably random. An arbitrary string is chosen and a hash of that string computed. The hash is then converted to a field element of the desired field, the field element regarded as the x-coordinate of a point Q on the elliptic curve and the x-coordinate is tested for validity on the desired elliptic curve. If valid, the x-coordinate is decompressed to the point Q, wherein the choice of which is the two points is also derived from the hash value. Intentional use of escrow keys can provide for back up functionality. The relationship between P and Q is used as an escrow key and stored by for a security domain. The administrator logs the output of the generator to reconstruct the random number with the escrow key. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170643 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY INFORMATION, USER EQUIPMENT, NETWORK DEVICE - A method and a system for transmitting subscriber identity information, and a network device are provided. The method includes: receiving a subscriber identity request message from a Mobility Management Entity (MME); encrypting an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) of a User Equipment (UE) to generate a cipher text; and sending a subscriber identity response message that includes the cipher text of the IMSI to the MME. The method and the system for transmitting subscriber identity information, and the network device adopts the technical means that, the IMSI of the UE is encrypted to generate a cipher text which is fed back to the network device, thereby overcoming the problem in the current subscriber identity authentication mechanism that the IMSI of the UE is very easily resolved, so that the technical effect of transmitting the subscriber identity confidentially is improved. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170644 | Mechanism for Managing Authentication Device Lifecycles - An authentication device is used to authenticate a component to a product using a secret key. The life cycle of the authentication device is controlled by selective deletion of the secret key. An attestation message is sent by the authentication device upon deletion of the secret key. Authentication devices from faulty components or over supply of the authentication devices ma}′ be rendered inoperable and audited. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170645 | ENCRYPTION AND DECRYPTION DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF - Encryption and decryption devices, computer readable media, and methods thereof. The decryption device comprises a key generator and a decryption module. The key generator is capable of receiving a first security key information for generating an application key. The decryption module is coupled to the key generator, capable of decrypting at least a portion of encrypted software data according to the application key, wherein the software data is used by a software when a software code of the software is executed. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170646 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AUDIO OBJECT - An apparatus and method for transmitting a plurality of audio objects using a multichannel encoder and a multichannel decoder are provided. The audio object encoder includes a multichannel encoder determination unit to determine a multichannel encoder to be used for encoding of a plurality of audio objects according to the number of the audio objects, an encoding unit to generate an encoded signal by encoding the plurality of audio objects using the determined multichannel encoder, and a multichannel audio object signal generation unit to generating a multichannel audio object signal, by multiplexing sound image localization information of the plurality of audio objects along with the encoded signal. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170647 | SOUND FIELD CALIBRATION USING LISTENER LOCALIZATION - Systems, methods, and apparatus to calibrate sounds fields are disclosed. An example device includes a location sensor receiving location data, a processor triangulating the position of a listener based on the location data, and an audio processing component generating a sound field with audio characteristics based on the position of the listener. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170648 | SURROUND SIGNAL GENERATING DEVICE, SURROUND SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD and SURROUND SIGNAL GENERATING PROGRAM - A surround signal generating device includes: a surround signal generating unit which subtracts a sound signal obtained by multiplying a first gain by an inputted sound signal of a right channel from an inputted sound signal of a left channel so as to generate a surround signal of the left channel, and which subtracts a sound signal obtained by multiplying a second gain by the inputted sound signal of the left channel from the inputted sound signal of the right channel so as to generate a surround signal of the right channel; and a gain setting unit which sets the first gain and the second gain so that a correlation between the surround signal of the left channel and the surround signal of the right channel which are generated by the surround signal generating unit realizes a correlation between surround signals of an actual content having a surround sound. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170649 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PANORAMIC SOUND - An apparatus and method for generating a panoramic sound are provided. The panoramic sound generation apparatus may include a panning coefficient calculation unit to calculate a panning coefficient that represents directivity of a sound source using an input signal, a masker determination unit to determine a direction masker that extracts a sound source of a desired direction based on the panning coefficient, and a channel separation unit to separate to be used as an output signal, output to a sound output device, using the direction masker. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170650 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AUDIO PROCESSOR, AUDIO PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND VIDEO GAME PROGRAM - An information processor includes a generator that is adapted to generate original sound data indicating an original sound as a basis for a processed sound to be heard by a user and a parameter indicating a content of processing on the original sound data, an original sound data output section that is adapted to output the original sound data generated by the generator from any channel of a plurality of channels, and a control signal output section that is adapted to output a control signal including the parameter and a correspondence relationship between the parameter and the channel for the original sound data to be processed by means of the parameter. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170651 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EDITING MULTICHANNEL AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus and method for generating a multichannel audio signal showing a 3-dimensional (3D) effect by editing an existing multichannel audio signal. The apparatus may include an output location determiner to determine location to output an object audio signal using editing information of the object audio signal, and a multichannel object audio signal generator to generate a multichannel object audio signal by allocating the object audio signal to channels corresponding to the location to output the object audio signal. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170652 | FRONT WAVE FIELD SYNTHESIS (WFS) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SURROUND SOUND USING 7.1 CHANNEL CODEC - Provided is a system and method for front wave field synthesis (WFS) to provide a surround sound with a reduced number of loudspeakers. An apparatus for encoding a front WFS signal in the front WFS system may include a content receiving unit to receive WFS content including the first channels corresponding to a front array speaker and the second channels corresponding to a rear surround sound speaker, and an encoding unit to encode the first channels and the second channels using a multichannel encoder corresponding to the number of the channels included in the WFS content. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170653 | HEARING AID WITH SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT - A method of binaural signal enhancement in a binaural hearing aid system, includes providing at least one microphone audio signal in response to sound, providing an estimate of one of a target signal and a noise signal based on the at least one microphone audio signal, phase shifting the estimate of one of the target signal and the noise signal, providing a phase shifted signal in which the phase shifted estimate of one of the target signal and the noise signal substantially substitutes the respective one of the target signal and the noise signal, transmitting a first signal representing the phase shifted signal towards a first eardrum of a user of the binaural hearing aid system, and transmitting a second signal representing the at least one microphone audio signal towards a second eardrum of the user. A system for performing the method is also described. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170654 | SYSTEM, HEARING AID, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING SYNCHRONIZATION OF AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL TO A VIDEO DISPLAY - A system for improving synchronization of an acoustic signal to a video display includes a hearing aid comprising a hearing loss processor configured for signal processing in accordance with a hearing loss of a user of the hearing aid, the hearing aid being configured for receiving a first audio signal for synchronous presentation to the user viewing the video display, the hearing aid being configured for generating a first acoustic signal to be presented to the user of the hearing aid, the first acoustic signal comprising at least a first part being generated in response to the first audio signal. The system also includes a delay unit configured for applying a delay, such that synchronization of the at least first part of the first acoustic signal to the video display is improved. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170655 | AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE AND AUDIO OUTPUT METHOD - A audio output device includes: a speaker position detecting unit which detects the position of a speaker; a masking sound producing section which produces a masking sound; a plurality of loudspeakers which output the masking sound; and a localization controlling section which controls a localization position of the masking sound based on the speaker position detected by the speaker position detecting unit, and which supplies a sound signal relating to the masking sound to at least one of the plurality of loudspeakers. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170656 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HEADSET WITH SPEAKER SEAL EVALUATION CAPABILITIES - Electronic devices and accessories for electronic devices such as headsets are provided. The electronic devices may produce audio output. The headsets may include earbuds with speakers that play the audio output for a user while the earbuds are located in the user's ears. Circuitry in an electronic device and a headset may be used in evaluating how well the earbuds are sealed to the user's ears. In response to seal quality measurements, informative messages can be generated for the user, overall earbud volume may be increased, balance adjustments may be made to correct for mismatched balance between left and right earbuds, equalization settings may be adjusted, and noise cancellation circuitry settings can be changed. Electrical impedance measurements and acoustic measurements can be used in evaluating seal quality. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170657 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO MONITOR A MEDIA DEVICE USING A DIGITAL AUDIO SIGNAL - Methods and systems are disclosed to monitor a media device. An example method includes attempting to detect a transition in a digital audio signal output by a port of the media device. If the transition is detected, the example method includes determining the media device is in an on state. If the transition is not detected, the example method includes determining the media device is in an off state. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170658 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AUDIO PROCESSOR, AUDIO PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - An audio processor acquires processed sound data, which is obtained by processing original sound data according to a content of processing defined such that first sound is emitted under the standard sound emission condition, in association with a sound emission device, acquires a control signal, and acquires a device sound emission condition. In order to make second sound emitted by the sound emission device under the acquired device sound emission condition close to the first sound, the audio processor identifies the correction content of the processed sound data based on a difference between the device sound emission condition and the standard sound emission condition, the control signal, and the processed sound data acquired in association with the sound emission device. The audio processor corrects the processed sound data according to the correction content, and supplies the corrected processed sound data to the sound emission device. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170659 | Speaker Impedance Measurement - An integrated circuit for processing audio and voice signals in a telephone is disclosed. The integrated circuit comprises an audio output port having a first and a second output terminal for connection to a first and a second input terminal, respectively, of a speaker. The integrated circuit further comprises an audio input port having a first and a second input terminal for connection to a first and a second output terminal of an audio input source. The integrated circuit also comprises at least one audio output path and one audio input path. Moreover, the integrated circuit comprises a test impedance, such as a resistor, (RT) for measuring an electrical impedance of the speaker. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170660 | LISTENING DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MONITORING THE FITTING OF AN EAR MOULD OF A LISTENING DEVICE - A method detects whether an ear mould of a listening device is correctly mounted in the ear of a user. An indication of whether or not a mould of a listening device is correctly mounted in an ear canal of a user is provided. The method comprises a) providing a long term estimate of the feedback path; b) providing an estimate of the current feedback path; c) comparing the long term feedback path estimate with the current feedback path estimate, and providing a measure of their difference, termed the feedback difference measure FBDM; and optionally d) providing an alarm indication, if the feedback difference measure exceeds a predefined threshold. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170661 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A HEARING DEVICE AS WELL AS AN ARRANGEMENT FOR ADJUSTING A HEARING DEVICE - A method for adjusting a hearing device ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130170662 | MASKING SOUND OUTPUTTING DEVICE AND MASKING SOUND OUTPUTTING METHOD - A masking sound outputting device includes: an inputting unit which receives a picked-up sound signal relating to a picked-up sound; an extracting unit which extracts an acoustic feature amount of the picked-up sound signal; an instruction receiving unit which receives instructions for starting an output of a masking sound; and an outputting unit which, in the case where the instruction receiving unit receives the instructions for starting an output, outputs a masking sound corresponding to the acoustic feature amount extracted by the extracting unit. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170663 | AUDIO TRANSMISSION LINE AND HEADSET - An audio transmission line having an audio transmission plug and an inline controller and a headset is disclosed In the inline controller, one signal input end of signal input module is coupled to one signal transmission unit of the audio transmission plug. The first control part mechanically links up the first and second conductive part, for controlling the input end of first conductive part for connecting with several signal input ends of signal input module, and controlling the output end of the first conductive part for connecting with the input end of one wire circuit, or, controlling the input end of the second conductive part for connecting with the output end of the same wire circuit, and controlling the output end of the second conductive part for connecting with signal output ends of signal output module. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170664 | HEADPHONE CABLE ARRANGEMENT, FILTER ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF FILTERING SIGNALS IN HEADPHONE CABLE ARRANGEMENTS - A headphone cable ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130170665 | ULTRA-COMPACT HEADSET - An ultra-compact headset device including both speaker and microphone capability in at least one earphone overcomes the minimum size requirements of previous headsets by controlling the speaker and microphone functionality so that each earphone functions either as a speaker or microphone, but never both at the same time. Various embodiment headsets may include a pair of earphones each with one or more transducers capable of converting electrical signals into sound and vice versa. The ultra-compact headset may be wirelessly coupled to a mobile device, such as a cellular telephone or smart phone. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170666 | ADAPTIVE SELF-CALIBRATION OF SMALL MICROPHONE ARRAY BY SOUNDFIELD APPROXIMATION AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN MAGNITUDE EQUALIZATION - Methods and apparatus for self-calibration of small-microphone arrays are described. In one embodiment, self-calibration is based upon a mathematical approximation for which a detected response by one microphone should approximately equal a combined response from plural microphones in the array. In a second embodiment, self-calibration is based upon matching gains in each of a plurality of Bark frequency bands, and applying the matched gains to frequency domain microphone signals such that the magnitude response of all the microphones in the array approximates an average magnitude response for the array. The methods and apparatus may be implemented in hearing aids or small audio devices and used to mitigate adverse aging and mechanical effects on acoustic performance of small-microphone arrays in these systems. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170667 | CLOCK REGENERATION CIRCUIT AND DIGITAL AUDIO REPRODUCTION DEVICE - A frequency detection circuit of a clock regeneration circuit measures time which an input clock takes to change a predetermined number of times, and outputs a count value proportional to the time. A division ratio generation circuit truncates bits of the output of the frequency detection circuit by using a quantizer, and outputs the obtained value as a division ratio. A variable frequency divider divides a master clock by the division ratio output from the division ratio generation circuit, and outputs the obtained clock as a new clock. A high-quality clock having reduced jitter is regenerated, so that audio reproduction with high-quality sound is possible. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170668 | SOUND SYSTEM WITH INDIVIDUAL PLAYBACK ZONES - The invention relates to a sound system in a vehicle. The sound system comprises a first audio signal source providing a first audio signal and a second audio signal source providing a second audio signal. The sound system further comprises loudness determination unit is configured for determining a loudness of the first audio signal based on a psycho-acoustic model of a human hearing and a type information unit configured for establishing type information of the second audio signal. The sound system further comprises a control unit configured for individually selecting, for each of at least two playback zones, a mixing mode depending on the type of the second audio signal, wherein the mixing modes relate to a relation between signal output gains of the first and second audio signals. The control unit is further configured for individually mixing for playback, in each of the at least two playback zones, the first audio signal and the second audio signal based on the selected mixing mode and the determined loudness. The sound system further comprises a plurality of loudspeakers addressing individually the at least two playback zones. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170669 | STRAIN AND PRESSURE SENSING DEVICE, MICROPHONE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRAIN AND PRESSURE SENSING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICROPHONE - According to one embodiment, a strain and pressure sensing device includes a semiconductor circuit unit and a sensing unit. The semiconductor circuit unit includes a semiconductor substrate and a transistor. The transistor is provided on a semiconductor substrate. The sensing unit is provided on the semiconductor circuit unit, and has space and non-space portions. The non-space portion is juxtaposed with the space portion. The sensing unit further includes a movable beam, a strain sensing element unit, and first and second buried interconnects. The movable beam has fixed and movable portions, and includes first and second interconnect layers. The fixed portion is fixed to the non-space portion. The movable portion is separated from the transistor and extends from the fixed portion into the space portion. The strain sensing element unit is fixed to the movable portion. The first and second buried interconnects are provided in the non-space portion. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170670 | System And Method For Automatically Remixing Digital Music - Systems and methods augment a target media with a plurality of source media. The target media and source media are processed to form time frequency distributions (TFDs). Target features are extracted from the associated TFD and source features are extracted from each of the associated source TFDs. The target features are segmented into temporal portions that are compared with each of the plurality of source features to determine one or more matched source features having nearest matches to the target feature segments. Portions of the source media associated with the matched source features are mixed with the target media to form an augmented target media, wherein the mixing is based upon a probabilistic mixing algorithm that uses a distance between the matched target feature and source features to define an amplitude of each portion of the source media. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170671 | COVER FOR A PORTABLE MIXER AMPLIFIER - The invention relates to a cover ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130170672 | AUDIO STREAM MIXING WITH DIALOG LEVEL NORMALIZATION - A method for mixing of audio signals that allows maintaining of a consistent perceived sound level for the mixed signal by holding the sound level of the dominant signal in the mix constant by adjusting the sound level of the non-dominant signal(s) in relation to the dominant signal. It further includes receiving of a mixing balance input, which denotes the adjustable balance between the main and associated signals. It further includes identification of the dominant signal from the mixing balance input and mixing metadata, from which an appropriate scale factor for the non-dominant signal may also be determined directly from the scaling information, without the need for any analysis or measurement of the audio signals to be mixed. It further includes scaling the non-dominant signal in relation to the dominant signal and combining the scaled non-dominant signal with the dominant signal into a mixed signal. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170673 | PROGRAMMABLE MICROPHONE - A semiconductor die with an integrated electronic circuit, configured so as to be mounted in a housing with a capacitive transducer e.g. a microphone. A first circuit is configured to receive an input signal from the transducer at an input node and to provide an output signal at a pad of the semiconductor die. The integrated electronic circuit comprises an active switch device with a control input, coupled to a pad of the semiconductor die, to operatively engage or disengage a second circuit interconnected with the first circuit so as to operate the integrated electronic circuit in a mode selected by the control input. That is, a programmable or controllable transducer. The second circuit is interconnected with the first circuit so as to be separate from the input node. Thereby less noise is induced, a more precise control of the circuit is obtainable and more advanced control options are possible. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170674 | MOVING IRON UNIT FOR LOUDSPEAKERS - This invention provides a moving iron unit for loudspeakers, which includes coil, iron core, diaphragm, and magnet, among which, the iron core is disposed in the coil, and the magnet is connected to the diaphragm on a transmission basis. It is characterized in that it also includes vibrating ring, to which the magnet is secured, and which is secured to the inner wall of a shielded cavity through its elastic body disposed radially, and which is connected to the diaphragm on a transmission basis through the transmission rod. Further, the unit comprises two diaphragms, which are disposed symmetrically at two sides of the vibrating ring and connected respectively to the vibrating ring on a transmission basis through a transmission rod. The coil is shaped directly by coiling on the iron core. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170675 | Multi-Coaxial Transducers and Methods - Coaxial transducers, some of which include a first assembly and assembly, each of which includes a magnet and a coil. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170676 | MAGNETIC CIRCUIT FOR SPEAKER AND SPEAKER USING SAME - A bond magnet according to the present invention is anisotropic, and a magnetic field is oriented from a lowest edge of side surface of the bond magnet toward an upper section of side surface of the bond magnet. Further, the bond magnet is configured such that the upper section of side surface of the bond magnet is disposed closer to a yoke side surface of a yoke than the lower side surface of the bond magnet is, and the upper section of side surface of the bond magnet faces against the yoke side surface. With this, a magnetic gap is provided between the upper section of side surface of the bond magnet and the yoke side surface. Thus, it is possible to improve a magnetism characteristic of the bond magnet, and to achieve both of magnetic efficiency and productivity of a magnetic circuit for a speaker. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170677 | SPEAKER UNIT - Disclosed herein is a speaker unit, including: a magnetic circuit having a magnet and a coil; a vibrating plate adapted to be vibrated by a drive force of the magnetic circuit; and a frame having a circuit mounting portion to which the magnetic circuit is mounted, an edge mounting portion to which an edge of the vibrating plate is mounted, and plural leg portions through which the circuit mounting portion and the edge mounting portion are coupled to each other and which are provided in spaced relation to one another in a circumferential direction, wherein irregularity portions are provided in the plural leg portions, respectively, and forms of the irregularity portions are made different from each other at least in two of the leg portions. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170678 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SYNTHETIC AUDIO PLACEMENT - Methods and systems for providing synthetic audio placement are described herein. In different aspects, the methods and systems may include a connection port to receive a plurality of remote audio signals included in a conference call, at least one of the plurality of remote audio connections being a single channel audio signal, a processor configured with the connection port to provide a sound field for placing the plurality of audio signals, the sound field providing synthetic audio placement of each of the plurality of remote audio signals, and a rendering output configured with the processor to project the plurality of remote audio within the sound field to a listener. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170679 | REDUCING HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION DATA VOLUME - A device may store a subset of a plurality of head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) for emulating stereo sound from a source in three-dimensional (3D) space, each of the HRTFs corresponding to a direction from which the stereo sound is perceived to arrive, by a user hearing the stereo sound. The device may also obtain a first direction from which first stereo sound is perceived to arrive, by the user and determine whether the subset of the plurality of HRTFs includes a first HRTF corresponding to the first direction, wherein the plurality of HRTFs include the first HRTF. Further, the device may select two HRTFs in the subset of the HRTFs, wherein directions that are associated with the two HRTFs are closer to the first direction than directions of other HRTFs in the subset of the HRTFs; | 2013-07-04 |
20130170680 | HEARING AID WITH IMPROVED LOCALIZATION - A BTE hearing aid includes a BTE hearing aid housing, at least one BTE sound input transducer, a processor configured to generate a hearing loss compensated output signal, a sound signal transmission member for transmission of a signal from a sound output of the BTE hearing aid housing to an ear canal of a user at a second end of the sound signal transmission member, an earpiece configured to be inserted in the ear canal, an output transducer, and an ITE microphone housing accommodating at least one ITE microphone, wherein the ITE microphone housing is configured to be positioned in an outer ear, wherein the processor is further configured for processing an audio signal from the at least one ITE microphone and an audio signal from the at least one BTE sound input transducer in such a way that the hearing loss compensated output signal substantially preserves spatial cues. | 2013-07-04 |
20130170681 | Middle Ear Implantable Microphone - A method of sensing vibrations in the middle ear is presented. The method includes implanting a transducer in the middle ear. The transducer measures vibration, within a predetermined frequency range, of at least one component of the middle ear. The transducer has a resonance frequency within the predetermined frequency range, and further has a limited frequency response in a portion of the frequency range. The implanting includes operatively coupling the implant to the at least one component of the middle ear such that the limited frequency response of the transducer is complimentary to, and compensated by, the frequency characteristics of the at least one component of the middle ear. | 2013-07-04 |